Durham Mining Museum - Management Certificates

Certificates of Competency and of Service

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This section of the site contains all those persons who obtained either a First or Second Class Certificate of Competency under the Coal Mines Regulation Acts that were granted before 1911. This section covers the whole of the UK although we DO NOT have any further details for anyone who worked outside of County Durham, Northumberland or Cumberland. We also DO NOT have any details for certificates granted after 1910.

This list has been compiled from two documents published by the Home Office in 1896 and 1911, showing all those who had either passed an examination for a First Class Certificate (Manager) or Second Class Certificate (Under Manager) and shows the District in which they passed their examination, the date and number of the Certificate received. In addition to those who passed an examination the list also includes those who were granted a Certificate by means of the length of Service as a Manager they had when the Coal Mines Regulation Act came into force.

Please Note: It was quite common for an individual to pass the examination for a Second Class Certificate then having obtained that, the same individual may sit the First Class examination a year or two later.

We also have some sample examination papers online: Examination Papers

The following table provides a status report of the completion of the list of names under the various categories within the two reports:

	First Class Certificate of Competency as a Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Acts, 1872 and 1887 (35 & 36 Vict. Cap. 76, Sec. 30 ; 50 & 51 Vict. Cap. 58, Sec 23.) From a list published in 1896 covering the period 16th May 1873 to 31st December 1895	Complete
	First Class Certificate of Service as a Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. Cap. 76, Sec. 31) From a list published in 1896 covering the period 1873 to 1887	Complete
	Second Class Certificate of Competency as an Under Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. Cap. 58, Sec 23.) From a list published in 1896 covering the period 1888 to 1895	Complete
	Certificate of Service (Second Class Certificate) as an Under Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1877 (50 & 51 Vict. Cap. 58, Sec. 80) From a list published in 1896 covering the period 1888 to 1895	Complete
	Certificate of Competency as a Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. Cap. 58, Secs. 23 and 80) From a list published in 1911 covering the period 1st January 1896 to 31st December 1910	Complete
	Certificate of Competency as an Under-Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. Cap. 58, Secs. 23 and 80) From a list published in 1911 covering the period 1st January 1896 to 31st December 1910	Complete
	Certificate of Service as an Under-Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. Cap. 58, Secs. 23 and 80) From a list published in 1911 covering the period 1st January 1896 to 31st December 1910	Complete
	List of Persons to whom Certificates of Competency as Managers and Under-Managers of Mines have been granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. Cap. 58, Sec. 23), and the Coal Mines Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5 Cap. 50, Sec. 7-10), during the year ended 31st December, 1912	Complete
	List of Persons to whom Certificates of Qualification as Surveyors of Mines have been granted by the Board of Mining Examinations at the Examination held on 27th November, 1912	Complete
	List of Persons to whom Certificates of Qualification as Surveyor of Mines have been granted by H.M. Inspectors of Mines during the year 1912	Complete
	List of Persons to whose First Class Certificates of Competency as Manager of a Mine have been endorsed by H.M. Inspectors of Mines with the Qualification of Surveyor of Mines, during the year 1912	Complete
	Certificates of Competency as Managers and Under-Managers of Mines have been granted under the Coal Mines Act, 1911 (! & 2 Geo. 5, Cap. 50, Sec. 7-10), at the Examinations held by the Board for Mining Examinations in May and November, 1913	Complete
	List of Persons granted Certificates of Qualification as Surveyor of Mines by the Board for Mining Examinations at the Examinations held in May and November 1913.	Complete
	List of Persons whose First Class Certificates of Competency as Manager of a Mine have been endorsed with the Qualification of Surveyor of Mines by H.M. Inspectors of Mines or by the Board for Mining Examinations.	Complete

Details taken from publications held at Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.